inocular

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ ocular.

Adjective

inocular (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Inserted in the corner of the eye, like the antenna of certain insects.
2. Pertaining to inoculation.
   • 1910, Experiment Station Record - Volume 22, page 377:

     A tumor which originated in a Japanese waltzing mouse was transplanted for many generations in mice of the same variety, but invariably failed to grow when inoculated into common mice. […] Susceptibility to an inocular tumor is neither, therefore, inherited in accordance with Mendel's law, nor are the results obtained from cross-breeding explained by any other known principle of inheritance.

   • 1982, Ramiro Ramírez Necoechea, IPVS 82: Proceedings, page 58:

     The infected group all showed thickening of the terminal ileum and enlargement of the mesenteric lymph nodes at post-mortem examination and all had serum antibody to the inocular strain at levels of 1:320 - 1:640 compared with 1:20 and 1:40 pre-inoculation.

   • 2018, Jean Paul Butzler, Campylobacter Infection in Man and Animals, page 204:

     Agglutinating antibody to the inocular strain develops.

Noun

inocular

1. A dose of an inoculum.
   • 1964, Nihon Igakkai. Sōkai, Abstract of the Proceedings, page 389:

     It was found that those factors consisted of the inocular size or viable unit of tubercle bacilli to be inoculated on a medium, the kind of a medium, the preparation and preservation of a medium and culture condition influenced the test results .

   • 1970, Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Technical Report - Volumes 215-219:

     Percentage survival curves of an inocular of a laboratory culture of E. coli into seawater collected in August .

   • 1983, International Cancer Research Data Bank, ICRDB Cancergram: Oncofetal proteins - Issue 6, page 9:

     An inocular of 1x10 ( 5 ) PLC/PRF/5 cells were injected subcutaneously into the back of athymic mice.

Catalan

Pronunciation

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Verb

inocular (first-person singular present inoculo, first-person singular preterite inoculí, past participle inoculat)

1. to innoculate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inocular (first conjugation)

infinitive			inocular
gerund			inoculant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inoculat		inoculada
		plural		inoculats		inoculades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inoculo	inocules	inocula	inoculem	inoculeu	inoculen
	imperfect	inoculava	inoculaves	inoculava	inoculàvem	inoculàveu	inoculaven
	future	inocularé	inocularàs	inocularà	inocularem	inoculareu	inocularan
	preterite	inoculí	inoculares	inoculà	inoculàrem	inoculàreu	inocularen
	conditional	inocularia	inocularies	inocularia	inocularíem	inocularíeu	inocularien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	inoculi	inoculis	inoculi	inoculem	inoculeu	inoculin
	imperfect	inoculés	inoculessis	inoculés	inoculéssim	inoculéssiu	inoculessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	inocula	inoculi	inoculem	inoculeu	inoculin
	negative (no)	—	no inoculis	no inoculi	no inoculem	no inoculeu	no inoculin

Related terms

• inoculació

Further reading

• “inocular”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English inoculate, attested in 1722; from Latin inoculāre (“to ingraft by budding”), from in- + oculus (“eye, bud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inokuˈlaɾ/ [i.no.kuˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: i‧no‧cu‧lar

Verb

inocular (first-person singular present inoculo, first-person singular preterite inoculé, past participle inoculado)

1. (transitive) to inoculate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of inocular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			inocular
gerund			inoculando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		inoculado		inoculada
		plural		inoculados		inoculadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	inoculo	inoculastú inoculásvos	inocula	inoculamos	inoculáis	inoculan
	imperfect	inoculaba	inoculabas	inoculaba	inoculábamos	inoculabais	inoculaban
	preterite	inoculé	inoculaste	inoculó	inoculamos	inoculasteis	inocularon
	future	inocularé	inocularás	inoculará	inocularemos	inocularéis	inocularán
	conditional	inocularía	inocularías	inocularía	inocularíamos	inocularíais	inocularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	inocule	inoculestú inoculésvos2	inocule	inoculemos	inoculéis	inoculen
	imperfect (ra)	inoculara	inocularas	inoculara	inoculáramos	inocularais	inocularan
	imperfect (se)	inoculase	inoculases	inoculase	inoculásemos	inoculaseis	inoculasen
	future1	inoculare	inoculares	inoculare	inoculáremos	inoculareis	inocularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		inoculatú inoculávos	inocule	inoculemos	inoculad	inoculen
	negative		no inocules	no inocule	no inoculemos	no inoculéis	no inoculen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of inocular

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive inocular	dative	inocularme	inocularte	inocularle, inocularse	inocularnos	inocularos	inocularles, inocularse
	accusative	inocularme	inocularte	inocularlo, inocularla, inocularse	inocularnos	inocularos	inocularlos, inocularlas, inocularse
with gerund inoculando	dative	inoculándome	inoculándote	inoculándole, inoculándose	inoculándonos	inoculándoos	inoculándoles, inoculándose
	accusative	inoculándome	inoculándote	inoculándolo, inoculándola, inoculándose	inoculándonos	inoculándoos	inoculándolos, inoculándolas, inoculándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative inocula	dative	inocúlame	inocúlate	inocúlale	inocúlanos	not used	inocúlales
	accusative	inocúlame	inocúlate	inocúlalo, inocúlala	inocúlanos	not used	inocúlalos, inocúlalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative inoculá	dative	inoculame	inoculate	inoculale	inoculanos	not used	inoculales
	accusative	inoculame	inoculate	inoculalo, inoculala	inoculanos	not used	inoculalos, inoculalas
with formal second-person singular imperative inocule	dative	inocúleme	not used	inocúlele, inocúlese	inocúlenos	not used	inocúleles
	accusative	inocúleme	not used	inocúlelo, inocúlela, inocúlese	inocúlenos	not used	inocúlelos, inocúlelas
with first-person plural imperative inoculemos	dative	not used	inoculémoste	inoculémosle	inoculémonos	inoculémoos	inoculémosles
	accusative	not used	inoculémoste	inoculémoslo, inoculémosla	inoculémonos	inoculémoos	inoculémoslos, inoculémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative inoculad	dative	inoculadme	not used	inoculadle	inoculadnos	inoculaos	inoculadles
	accusative	inoculadme	not used	inoculadlo, inoculadla	inoculadnos	inoculaos	inoculadlos, inoculadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative inoculen	dative	inocúlenme	not used	inocúlenle	inocúlennos	not used	inocúlenles, inocúlense
	accusative	inocúlenme	not used	inocúlenlo, inocúlenla	inocúlennos	not used	inocúlenlos, inocúlenlas, inocúlense

Related terms

• inoculación

Further reading

• “inocular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025